Carbon Man Waives Charges He Gave Beer To Teens In Car

January 28, 1991|The Morning Call

A Lehighton man has waived to Carbon County Court criminal charges filed against him in the wake of a car crash that killed a 17-year-old Lehighton girl Nov. 30.

Robert A. Weiss, 26, of 353-1/2 N. 6th St. appeared Friday before District Justice Edward Lewis of Jim Thorpe on three counts each of furnishing beer to minors and corrupting minors. The charges were filed by Trooper Larry Fedor of state police at Lehighton.

Weiss remains free on $10,000 bail, pending arraignment March 7 in county court.

The criminal complaints say Weiss bought a case of beer at Tracy's Beverages, 434 White St., Lehighton, after being asked to do so by several teens. Weiss put the beer in the trunk of the boys' car after giving a bottle of the beer to three of the youths, police said.

Several hours later, at 8:45 p.m. Nov. 30, a car carrying four teen-age boys and Christine M. Glassic of 195 Creekside Manor Drive crashed into a pole in the middle of a Y-intersection on Beaver Run Drive at Oak and Beaver roads in the Packerton area of Mahoning Township, township police said.

Glassic, a Lehighton High School senior, was flown by helicopter to Lehigh Valley Medical Center, where she died of head injuries the next morning.

The car's driver was a 16-year-old, police said. The three other passengers were 15, 16 and 17 years old, police said.

Three of the four boys were reported hurt in the crash, but none seriously.